I have noticed some connection problems lately and decided to check my connection versus an open AP near my house.
I decided to use the Sharp/Cacko Wireless monitor app, since it's referred to a lot in this subforum.
When I connect to my router, I get a very weak signal, as shown in first pic.
Frst pic shows:
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Channel -1 Speed 2
Signal 3 - 2%
Noise 27 - 26%
Quality 0
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When I connect to an open access point, (I'm not sure where it comes from, but is not my access point)
Second pic shows:
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Channel 6 Speed 2
Signal 26 - 25%
Noise 22 - 21%
Quality 3
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Edit
Added iwconfig. I edited the "Access Point" numbers.
My Home AP
wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"home-p4" Nickname:"zaurus"
Mode:Managed Access Point: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Bit Rate:2 Mb/s
Sensitivity=1/3
Retry min limit:8 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=0/70 Signal level=-100 dBm Noise level=-78 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:41 Missed beacon:0Open AP
wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"linksys" Nickname:"zaurus"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s Sensitivity=1/3
Retry min limit:8 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=1/70 Signal level=-79 dBm Noise level=-81 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:9 Invalid misc:47 Missed beacon:0I have my Linksys router setup with WPA personal PSK, set to 'b" only
All the settings on the advanced wireless page are set to default.
One other thing I noticed is that my ESSID doesn't show in the "Network monitor". Is that because I'm using WPA?
